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NEW YORK (AP) — Are the fiber counts for foods getting bloated?

Browse supermarket shelves, and it's easy to find ice cream, yogurt and brownies with impressive fiber totals. That's because companies add ingredients to boost the fiber, a practice they say helps people enjoy treats with less guilt but that critics say distorts ideas about what's healthy.

A Fiber One brownie, for instance, has 90 calories and 5 grams of fiber. It's even possible to get a whole day's worth of fiber by eating candy; a small bag of Smart Sweets gummy bears has 90 calories and 28 grams of fiber.

Now, the U.S. Food a...